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BA Collective Designs a Celestial Astronaut Training Facility for Virgin Galactic

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

James Gauer

April 8, 2024

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Lustrous finishes and aerodynamic forms create an otherworldly training facility for space tourists.

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Gensler San Francisco's New Full-Floor Office is a Balancing Act Between Future and Past

San Francisco

John King

April 8, 2024

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The architecture office softens the blow of its return-to-office mandate with a transformative workplace revamp.

Record Interiors 2024

Vocon and MdeAS Architects Polish Up Eero Saarinen’s ‘Black Rock’ CBS Building in New York

New York

Clifford A. Pearson

April 8, 2024

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The firms were charged with updating the building’s common areas while retaining the unapologetic midcentury swagger of Saarinen’s sole high-rise.

Eight-Seventy-Five North Michigan Avenue - Unit 8404

Record Interiors 2024

Vladimir Radutny Architects Transforms a Top-Floor Apartment in a Chicago Landmark

Chicago

James Gauer

April 8, 2024

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The 2020 Design Vanguard's makeover of an 1,800-square-foot unit honors the Hancock Center's distinctive exoskeleton with striking structural elements.

Record Interiors 2024

An Adroit Revamp by Kwong Von Glinow Unifies a Chicago Art School's Library

Chicago

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

April 8, 2024

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Strategic interventions, such as a sculptural steel stair and double-height corridor, transform the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's disjointed Flaxman Library into a cohesive learning hub.

Newsmaker: A Conversation with 2024 Pritzker Laureate Riken Yamamoto

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

April 5, 2024

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The Japanese architect speaks to RECORD about the importance of community as a social construct and as the driving force of his architectural design over five decades of practice.

Tribute: José Oubrerie (1932–2024)

Kenneth Frampton

April 4, 2024

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Kenneth Frampton pays tribute to the French-born educator and architect—a close collaborator of Le Corbusier—who died on March 9 in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Brooklyn Tower, the Borough’s Only Supertall, Faces Foreclosure

Matthew Marani

April 3, 2024

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The SHoP Architects-designed tower is one of several projects the firm completed for Michael Stern and JDS Development.

Sustainability in Practice

Building Electrification Charges Forward

Matthew Marani

April 3, 2024

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While some court rulings have challenged city gas bans, experts say market incentives and stricter building codes are accelerating the construction industry's decarbonization push.